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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell 5% to 151 million euros, as Vinted increased its investment pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In its dozen years as a reporting company, securities filings show that it received a cumulative $1.9 billion in payments from the REITs and reported $330 million in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Anthropic reports earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Recent changes in federal tax laws regarding property depreciation benefits have added incentive, he said, and with office leasing improving around the country, lenders are looking more favorably on backing office purchases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Prices kept going up and up, and depreciation of the paper money took a lot of the profit out of it.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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